Meet Emily Thérèse, the Canberra-based textile designer who blew up overnight

Key points

• Canberra-based textile designer Emily Thérèse has built a business selling colourful quilted wall artworks to customers in more than 20 countries. She makes each piece in Canberra and sells DIY kits so buyers can learn the technique.
• Self-taught in sewing, she worked as a designer for Cotton On and Target before turning to whole cloth quilting. Her work draws on everyday colour combinations and artists such as Matisse.
• She says she is grateful for early support from the Canberra community.